TBC Classic: le note della patch 2.5.4 The Gods of Zul’Aman

La patch 2.5.4: The Gods of Zul’Aman di TBC Classic è stata rilasciata e da oggi si possono sfidare i potenti boss della incursione Zul’Aman.

Nell’anteprima mostrata qualche giorno fa, Blizzard aveva annunciato gli aggiornamenti rilasciati con tale patch, ma il Community Manager Kaivax ha rilasciato della patch note che aggiornano i cambiamenti che sono stati immessi:

Tutti i boss delle incursioni e boss esterni ora rilasciano Badge of Justice /Distintivo della Giustizia;
Gli oggetti Greater Drums of Battle, Knothide Quiver/Faretra di Cuoio Nodoso e Knothide Ammo Pouch/Sacca per Munizioni di Cuoio Nodoso sono ora acquistabili dai commercianti delle fazioni delle Terre Esterne;
Per le incursioni The Battle for Mount Hyjal/Battaglia per il Monte Hyjal e The Black Temple/Il Tempio Nero si potrà accedere senza più possedere nessun attunement;
Ora è sufficiente avere la reputazione Honored/Onorato e non più Revered/Riverito per acquistare le chiavi che permettono di accedere alle spedizioni in difficoltà Eroica;
Sono state aggiunte nuove opzioni di accessibilità per la Sintesi Vocale di TBC Classic.

Il WoW Classic Game Producer Aggrend rivela che tramite un hotfix è stato risolto il bug che non permetteva l’accumulo di stack di celerità con l’arma Dragonstrike/Cresta del Drago e l’oggetto Haste Potion/Pozione della Celerità.

Vi lasciamo con i bluepost per tutti i dettagli. Siete pronti a riaffrontare i boss di Zul’Aman?

Kaivax

Burning Crusade Classic Patch Notes
Version 2.5.4
March 22, 2022

New 10 player raid: Zul’Aman
Defeat the devious warlord Zul’jin at the seat of power of the Amani trolls and stop him from exacting his deadly vengeance.

Raid bosses: 6 (Nalorakk, Akil’zon, Jan’alai, Halazzi, Hex Lord Malacrass, Zul’jin.)
Level: 70
Location:Ghostlands, Eastern Kingdoms

There is no attunement required to enter the instance. Zul’Aman has a 3-day reset lockout.

Timed challenge: Amani War Bear

Zul’jin and his lieutenants are holding several hostages in Zul’Aman. When you enter the instance, the Amani will begin preparations to terminate them. If you defeat one of Zul’jin’s lieutenants and reach a hostage before time runs out, you’ll be rewarded with an additional piece of loot and a timer extension—a brief stay of execution. Rescue all hostages, and your raid will be rewarded with one Amani War Bear epic mount.

Updates

Doomlord Kazzak and Doomwalker now drop Bind on Equip loot.
The following bosses can now drop Badges of Justice:
Doomlord Kazzak and Doomwalker
All bosses in Karazhan, Gruul’s Lair, and Magtheridon’s Lair
All bosses in Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep
All bosses in Zul’Aman
G’eras in Shattrath now has new, more powerful wares to offer in exchange for Badges of Justice.
Greater Drums, Knothide Quiver, and Knothide Ammo Pouch can now be obtained from Outland faction vendors.
Primal Nether and Nether Vortex are no longer soulbound.
Nether Vortex can be purchased for Badges of Justice from G’eras in Shattrath.
Magtheridon’s Black Sack of Gems and Jewelcrafter’s Brilliant Glass can now contain epic gems.
Please note that existing Brilliant Glasses and previously looted, unopened Black Sack of Gems will not contain epic gems.
With the release of Zul’Aman:
The Battle for Mount Hyjal and The Black Temple no longer require attunement to enter.
The reputation requirement to purchase Heroic dungeon keys has been reduced to Honored.
Heroic dungeons have been adjusted to their “final” 2.4.3 state.

User Interface

New accessibility options such as Text to Speech and Speech to Text have been added to Burning Crusade Classic. You can learn more about these features here 59.
There is now a display option to Show Free Bag Space in Interface Options.
The search bar has been restored to the Professions UI.
Advanced Combat Logging will now report exact health values for NPC creatures.

Bug Fixes

The correct number of lifetime Honorable Kills will display when inspecting another players Honor tab.
The Skull of Impending Doom and Nifty Stopwatch items no longer cause players to drop the flag in PvP Battlegrounds.
Resolved an issue that caused players to sometimes not receive credit when completing the quest “The Missing Diplomat”.
Resolved an issue with certain channeled and lightning affect visuals that caused them to appear incorrectly.
Resolved an issue that caused Hunter pets to not path properly in some areas in Serpentshrine Cavern.
Fixed a visual issue that caused channeled beam effects to not display properly on subsequent rapid recasts.
Resolved an issue that caused many periodic healing effects to not trigger item and spell procs.

Aggrend

Hi Cleavis,

Thanks for the report. This isn’t a bug, technically, but this issue has an interesting bit of history and bears some explaining.

Between the launch of The Burning Crusade in Jan 2007 and the end of Patch 2.4.1 in May 2008, the proc from Dragonstrike and Haste Potions stacked, just as it has for the past 9 months or so of Burning Crusade Classic. In patch 2.4.2, a change was introduced that caused these two effects to share the same “exclusive” category. This caused these effects to no longer stack and this change persisted through to the end of The Burning Crusade. In patch 3.0.1, this change was reverted, and the weapon proc and potion again stacked.

While we were making the adjustment for Burning Crusade Classic patch 2.5.4 to change Dragonstrike from a Main Hand weapon to a One Hand weapon, we fixed an issue that incorrectly allowed the Dragonstrike proc to stack with itself (which was strictly incorrect behavior). A side effect of that fix was that it also restored the 2.4.2/2.4.3 behavior that prevented Haste Potions from stacking with the Dragonstrike proc effect.

All that being said, as this change only lasted for the final two patches of The Burning Crusade and was specifically reverted in Wrath, that leads us to believe that the original intent was for Haste Potions and Dragonstrike procs to stack. Just as we pulled in Tinnitus from Wrath of the Lich King and made adjustments to Druid energy regeneration as targeted #changes, we are also going to be sending out a hotfix within the next day or two to revert the part of this 2.5.4 bug fix that is preventing Dragonstrike and Haste Potion effects from stacking.

Don’t start Auctioning off your Haste pots or vendoring your Dragonstrike(s) yet.